The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
Highest-grossing films
North America
The top ten 1982 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Outside North America
The highest-grossing 1982 films in countries outside of North America.
Worldwide gross revenue
The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1982. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1982.
Events
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Missing, directed by Costa-Gavras, United States
Yol (The Way), directed by Yñlmaz Güney, Turkey
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
The State of Things (Der Stand der Dinge), directed by Wim Wenders, W. Germany / Portugal / US
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (Veronika Voss), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W. Germany
1982 films
By country/region
By genre/medium
Births
- January 4 - Kang Hye-jung, South Korean actress
- January 6
- Misha Omar, Malaysian actress and singer
- Eddie Redmayne, English actor
- January 7 â Lauren Cohan, British-American actress
- January 8 â Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
- January 10
- Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)
- Misato Fukuen, Japanese voice actress
- January 11
- Blake Heron, American actor (d. 2017)
- Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
- January 13 - Ruth Wilson, English actress
- January 16 â Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Danish actress
- January 18 - Joanna Newsom, American singer-songwriter and actress
- January 19
- Tom Lorcan, English actor
- Simone Missick, American actress
- Jodie Sweetin, American actress
- January 23 - Geoffrey Wigdor, American actor
- January 24 â Daveed Diggs, American actor, rapper, singer, songwriter, screenwriter, and film producer
- January 25 - John Behlmann, American actor
- January 28 â Mirtel Pohla, Estonian actress
- February 1 - Daisy Betts, Australian actress
- February 3 â Bridget Regan, American actress
- February 5 â YÃ
« Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
- February 6 â Alice Eve, English actress
- February 7 â Cory Doran, Canadian voice actor and director
- February 8 â Danny Tamberelli, American actor
- February 10 â Yoshimasa Hosoya, Japanese voice actor
- February 11 â Natalie Dormer, English actress
- February 12 â Carter Hayden, Canadian actor and voice actor
- February 15 â Nesreen Tafesh, Syrian-Palestinian-Algerian actress and singer
- February 22
- BuÃÂra Gülsoy, Turkish actor and director
- Dichen Lachman, Australian actress and producer
- February 23 â Adam Hann-Byrd, American actor and screenwriter
- February 24 â Fala Chen, Hong Kong actress
- March 1 â Kim Min-hee, South Korean actress
- March 2 â Pilou Asbæk, Danish actor
- March 3 â Jessica Biel, American actress
- March 7 â Nora Danish, Malaysian actress
- March 8 â Marjorie Estiano, Brazilian actress
- March 10
- Shin Koyamada, Japanese actor, producer and martial artist
- Thomas Middleditch, Canadian actor, voice actor, comedian and screenwriter
- March 11
- Thora Birch, American actress
- Robbie Daymond, American voice actor
- Mircea Monroe, American actress and model
- March 12
- Lili Bordán, Hungarian-American actress
- Samm Levine, American comedian and actor
- Luis Gerardo Méndez, Mexican actor and producer
- March 14 â Kate Maberly, English actress, director, writer, producer and musician
- March 15
- Tom Budge, Australian actor
- Patricia Summersett, Canadian actress
- March 16 â Dian Sastrowardoyo, Indonesian actress
- March 18 â Adam Pally, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
- March 20
- Nick Blood, English actor
- Erica Luttrell, Canadian actress
- March 21 - Santino Fontana, American actor and singer
- March 22 â Constance Wu, American actress
- March 23 - Nicolas Wright, Canadian actor and writer
- March 24 â Kenichirou Ohashi, Japanese voice actor
- March 25
- Sean Faris, American actor and model
- Rory Markham, American mixed martial artist and actor
- Jenny Slate, American comedian
- March 26 - Joe Anderson, English actor and singer
- March 28 - Flula Borg, German actor, musician, comedian, YouTube personality and DJ
- March 31
- Falk Hentschel, German actor and choreographer
- Judi Shekoni, English actress
- Brian Tyree Henry, African-American actor
- Chloé Zhao, Chinese-American director
- April 1
- Sam Huntington, American actor
- Taran Killam, American actor and comedian
- April 3
- Sofia Boutella, Algerian actress
- Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
- April 4
- Justin Cook, American voice actor
- Kett Turton, American-born Canadian actor
- April 5 â Hayley Atwell, English-American actress
- April 6 â Miguel ÃÂngel Silvestre, Spanish actor
- April 9 â Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor-comedian
- April 10 â Chyler Leigh, American actress
- April 11 â Remy Ishak, Malaysian actor
- April 14 â Paolla Oliveira, Brazilian actress
- April 15 - Seth Rogen, Canadian actor, comedian and filmmaker
- April 16 - Gina Carano, American actress
- April 19
- Marta Milans, Spanish-American actress
- Cassandra Lee Morris, American voice actress
- Ignacio Serricchio, Argentine-born American actor
- Ali Wong, Vietnamese-Chinese-American stand-up comedian, actress and writer
- Blitz the Ambassador, Ghanaian filmmaker, author, visual artist, rapper
- April 22
- Cassidy Freeman, American actress and musician
- Noriko Shitaya, Japanese voice actress
- April 24 â Kelly Clarkson, American singer, songwriter and actress
- April 25 â Josh Kelly, American actor
- April 28 â Harry Shum Jr., Costa Rican-American actor, singer and dancer
- April 30
- Kirsten Dunst, American actress
- Joseph Perrino, American actor
- Drew Seeley, Canadian actor and singer
- May 1 â Jamie Dornan, Northern Irish actor
- May 3 â Rebecca Hall, English-American actress
- May 8 â Christina Cole, English actress
- May 11
- Evan Goldberg, Canadian filmmaker
- Jonathan Jackson, American actor
- Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and musician (d. 2013)
- May 14
- Anjelah Johnson, American actress and comedian
- Jessica Raine, English actress
- May 15 - Alexandra Breckenridge, American actress
- May 16 - Tiya Sircar, American actress
- May 20 â Donald Reignoux, French voice actor
- May 24 â Chaunté Wayans, American actress, comedian, writer and editor
- May 25 â Fryda Wolff, American voice actress
- May 28 â Alexa Davalos, American actress
- May 29 â Anita Briem, Icelandic actress
- May 31
- Lee Majdoub, Canadian actor
- Jonathan Tucker, American actor
- June 2 â Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
- June 4 â MC Jin, American rapper, actor and comedian of Chinese descent
- June 5 â Yoo In-na, South Korean actress
- June 7 - Amy Nuttall, English actress and singer
- June 8 â Josh Pence, American actor
- June 16
- Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress
- Jodi Sta. Maria, Filipina actress
- June 17
- Arthur Darvill, English actor and musician
- Ursula Ratasepp, Estonian actress
- Jodie Whittaker, English actress
- June 19 â Gabriella Wright, English actress
- June 21
- Benjamin Walker, American actor
- Jussie Smollett, American actor
- June 22 â Mati Diop, French-Senegalese actress and director
- June 24
- Laura Donnelly, Northern Irish actress
- Sarai Givaty, Israeli actress and singer-songwriter
- Lotte Verbeek, Dutch actress
- June 27
- Polo Ravales, Filipino actor and model
- Takeru Shibaki, Japanese actor
- June 28 â Grazi Massafera, Brazilian actress
- June 29
- Colin Jost, American actor and comedian
- Matthew Mercer, American voice actor
- Lily Rabe, American actress
- Ott Sepp, Estonian actor
- June 30 â Lizzy Caplan, American actress
- July 1
- Hilarie Burton, American actress
- Fedi Nuril, Indonesian actor
- July 6 - Misty Upham, Native American actress (d. 2014)
- July 8
- Sophia Bush, American actress
- Schuyler Fisk, American singer-songwriter and actress
- July 9 â Toby Kebbell, English actor
- July 13 - Aya Cash, American actress
- July 18 â Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress
- July 19
- Jared Padalecki, American actor
- Derek Wilson, American actor
- July 23
- Zanjoe Marudo, Filipino actor
- Tom Mison, English actor
- Paul Wesley, American actor
- July 24
- Elisabeth Moss, American actress
- Anna Paquin, New Zealand actress
- July 25 â Brad Renfro, American actor (d. 2008)
- July 28 - Tom Pelphrey, American actor
- July 29 - Allison Mack, American actress
- July 30
- Nesrin Cavadzade, Turkish-Azerbaijani actress
- Brandon Scott, American actor and producer
- Martin Starr, American actor
- Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
- August 1 â Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress
- August 6 â Romola Garai, English actress
- August 7 â Abbie Cornish, Australian actress
- August 10 â Devon Aoki, American actress and model
- August 11 - Remi Adeleke, American writer and actor
- August 13 â Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor
- August 16
- Cam Gigandet, American actor
- Todd Haberkorn, American voice actor
- August 19
- Erika Christensen, American actress
- Melissa Fumero, American actress
- August 20
- Meghan Ory, Canadian actress
- Jamil Walker Smith, American actor
- August 21 â Akane Omae, Japanese voice actress
- August 25 â Benjamin Diskin, American voice actor
- August 26
- Nazneen Contractor, Canadian actress
- John Mulaney, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer
- August 28 â LeAnn Rimes, American singer-songwriter and actress
- August 29 â Echo Kellum, African-American comedian and actor
- September 1 â Zoe Lister-Jones, American actress and filmmaker
- September 3 â Ayumi Fujimura, Japanese voice actress
- September 4
- Shaheizy Sam, Malaysian actor
- Sarah Solemani, English actress and writer
- September 7
- David Dawson, English actor
- Ryoko Shiraishi, Japanese voice actress
- September 10 â Bret Iwan, American voice actor
- September 13
- J. G. Quintel, American animator, television writer and voice actor
- September 15 â Evan Goldberg, Canadian filmmaker and comedian
- September 19 â Columbus Short, American actor and dancer
- September 20
- JJ Jia, Hong Kong actress
- Hu Ge, Chinese actor
- September 22
- Katie Lowes, American actress
- Billie Piper, English singer and actress
- September 23 - Alyssa Sutherland, Australian actress
- September 25 â Charlene Amoia, American actress
- September 27 â Anna Camp, American actress and singer
- September 28 â Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor
- September 29 â Stephen "tWitch" Boss, American dancer, choreographer, and actor (d. 2022)
- September 30
- Lacey Chabert, American actress
- Kieran Culkin, American actor
- October 1 â Olga Fonda, Russian-American actress
- October 2 - Amanda Hale, English actress
- October 3 â Erik von Detten, former American actor
- October 5 - Francisco Bosch, Spanish actor
- October 10 â Dan Stevens, British actor
- October 13 â Jo Yoon-hee, South Korean actress and model
- October 15
- Imran Abbas, Pakistani actor and model
- Jessica Rey, American actress
- Lane Toran, American actor, voice actor, musician and songwriter
- October 19 - Gillian Jacobs, American actress
- October 23 â Bradley Pierce, American actor
- October 27
- Patrick Fugit, American actor
- Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor and singer
- October 28 â Matt Smith, English actor
- October 29 â Chelan Simmons, Canadian actress and former professional model
- October 30 â Clémence Poésy, French actress and model
- October 31 â Justin Chatwin, Canadian actor
- November 2 â Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress and singer
- November 4 â Travis Van Winkle, American actor
- November 10 â Heather Matarazzo, American actress
- November 11 â Fayssal Bazzi, Australian actor
- November 12 â Anne Hathaway, American actress
- November 14 - Laura Ramsey, American actress
- November 15 â Yaya DaCosta, American actress
- November 18
- Akeno Watanabe, Japanese voice actress
- Damon Wayans Jr., American actor, comedian and writer
- November 21 â Ryan Carnes, American actor
- November 22 â Fiona Glascott, Irish actress
- November 24 â Joey Ansah, British actor, director and martial artist
- November 25 â Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Mexican-American actress
- November 26 - Sam Hargrave, American stunt coordinator, stuntman, actor and director
- November 28
- Malcolm Goodwin, American actor
- Alan Ritchson, American actor, filmmaker and singer
- November 29
- Gemma Chan, English actress
- Lucas Black, American actor
- Eddie Spears, Indigenous American actor
- November 30 â Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
- December 1
- Riz Ahmed, British actor and rapper
- Jonny Cruz, American actor, scriptwriter, producer, filmmaker and musician
- December 3
- Jaycee Chan, American-born Hong Kong actor and singer
- Dascha Polanco, Dominican-American actress
- December 5 â Gabriel Luna, American actor and producer
- December 7
- Jack Huston, British actor
- Jesse Johnson, American actor
- December 8
- Nicki Minaj, American rapper
- Hannah Ware, English actress
- December 12 â Ai Kato, Japanese actress
- December 14 - Jesse Garcia, American actor
- December 15
- Charlie Cox, English actor
- George O. Gore II, American actor
- December 16 â Justin Mentell, American actor (d. 2010)
- December 21 â Alexia Barlier, French actress
- December 22 â Alinne Moraes, Brazilian actress
- December 24
- Robert Schwartzman, American actor, screenwriter, director, and musician
- Tetsuya Kakihara, Japanese voice actor
- December 28 â Beau Garrett, American actress and model
- December 29 â Alison Brie, American actress
- December 30 â Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
Deaths
Film debuts
Notes
References
External links